Director, Operations Planning and Analysis

Job Details

Job ID#: 151797Location: Colorado, United States

Closing Date: December 31, 2016

Description:

Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont (http://www.newmont.com/) is one of the largest gold companies in the world. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company has approximately 34,000 employees and contractors, with the majority working at Newmont’s core operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia and Ghana. Newmont is the only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index and in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

Purpose:

The Director, Operations Planning & Analysis, an experienced mining engineer, will bring a key technical skill set and operational perspective to the corporate planning function, primarily comprised of financial professionals. This leader will bring a deeper understanding of the mine planning within our operations, enhance the quality of business analytics and financial models with a solid understanding of the technical drivers and constraints within our plans, and strengthen the overall business and operational acumen of the team through knowledge sharing and cross-training. Areas or primary responsibility are to:

Lead regions in developing and evaluating a range of mine plan options to proactively manage Newmont’s business plan and strategic plan portfolio to achieve corporate targets; develop contingency cases to understand how portfolio can be managed across a range of macroeconomic scenarios.

Provide plan reporting, analysis and communications to executive audiences to explain issues, identify value, evaluate investment alternatives and support executive decision making. Partner with Investor Relations to develop external messaging and explanation of underlying operational and project drivers. Lead the analysis and presentation of Newmont’s annual business plan. Maintain and improve operations planning reporting and analysis tools; coordinate with regions to provide training and identify enhancements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Oversee distributed planning and analysis processes, including performing QA/QC & peer reviews, as well as planning, coordinating, and providing advanced and complex analytics, evaluation, interpretation and, synthesis of data; leading business and strategic decisions

Act as a true business partner in anticipating and understanding customer questions in areas of plan options and plan variance analysis.

Work requires originality, judgment, facilitation skills and gaining alignment in the independent evaluation and resolution of problems.

With thorough knowledge of corporate and regional business plans and strategies, assist in communicating the global strategic rationale for investment decisions effectively to help determine the strategic fit of a project or investment opportunity and present analysis to relevant stakeholders, including the ELT, regional & functional leadership.

Lead and manage and provide recommendations for the development of specialized analytical tools including simulations, scenario analysis, portfolio management or detailed budgeting systems. Use these tools and integrate findings into the consolidated business plan to determine portfolio risks and opportunities.

Enhance plan flexibility and optionality by leading & facilitating the process of evaluating operations, project, portfolio & investment options that are collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive.

Drive quality assurance and establish quality control processes to maintain the integrity of information being provided from multiple regions and functions.

Lead & facilitate the process of managing through influence across the organization and bridges the needs of multiple stakeholders, including regional leadership, regional planning and project teams and corporate functions.

Partner with Corporate Development and technical due diligence teams in the economic evaluation of external investment opportunities & strategies.

Lead the effort of collaborating with technical and business functions to ensure that sources used in economic and portfolio models are based on appropriate assumptions that conform to current Business Planning guidance.

Provide mentoring to individuals in the organization to improve financial and mine engineering analysis techniques, planning skills, understanding of Newmont’s portfolio and overall business acumen.

Lead the development, establishment and implementation of global standards, tools and practices of economic & portfolio evaluations.

Proactively lead, identify & partner with other functions and employees to increase business acumen and focus across company and functions; actively create, plan and manage and execute stakeholder and communication plans.

Provide written reports and documentation for work completed as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Investment System, business reporting, communications to senior management, ELT and/or BOD (e.g. plan review presentations, monthly analysis reports, memos, etc.)

Director, Operations Planning and Analysis

Job Details

Job ID#: 151797Location: Colorado, United States

Closing Date: December 31, 2016

Description:

Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont (http://www.newmont.com/) is one of the largest gold companies in the world. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company has approximately 34,000 employees and contractors, with the majority working at Newmont’s core operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia and Ghana. Newmont is the only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index and in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

Purpose:

The Director, Operations Planning & Analysis, an experienced mining engineer, will bring a key technical skill set and operational perspective to the corporate planning function, primarily comprised of financial professionals. This leader will bring a deeper understanding of the mine planning within our operations, enhance the quality of business analytics and financial models with a solid understanding of the technical drivers and constraints within our plans, and strengthen the overall business and operational acumen of the team through knowledge sharing and cross-training. Areas or primary responsibility are to:

Lead regions in developing and evaluating a range of mine plan options to proactively manage Newmont’s business plan and strategic plan portfolio to achieve corporate targets; develop contingency cases to understand how portfolio can be managed across a range of macroeconomic scenarios.

Provide plan reporting, analysis and communications to executive audiences to explain issues, identify value, evaluate investment alternatives and support executive decision making. Partner with Investor Relations to develop external messaging and explanation of underlying operational and project drivers. Lead the analysis and presentation of Newmont’s annual business plan. Maintain and improve operations planning reporting and analysis tools; coordinate with regions to provide training and identify enhancements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Oversee distributed planning and analysis processes, including performing QA/QC & peer reviews, as well as planning, coordinating, and providing advanced and complex analytics, evaluation, interpretation and, synthesis of data; leading business and strategic decisions

Act as a true business partner in anticipating and understanding customer questions in areas of plan options and plan variance analysis.

Work requires originality, judgment, facilitation skills and gaining alignment in the independent evaluation and resolution of problems.

With thorough knowledge of corporate and regional business plans and strategies, assist in communicating the global strategic rationale for investment decisions effectively to help determine the strategic fit of a project or investment opportunity and present analysis to relevant stakeholders, including the ELT, regional & functional leadership.

Lead and manage and provide recommendations for the development of specialized analytical tools including simulations, scenario analysis, portfolio management or detailed budgeting systems. Use these tools and integrate findings into the consolidated business plan to determine portfolio risks and opportunities.

Enhance plan flexibility and optionality by leading & facilitating the process of evaluating operations, project, portfolio & investment options that are collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive.

Drive quality assurance and establish quality control processes to maintain the integrity of information being provided from multiple regions and functions.

Lead & facilitate the process of managing through influence across the organization and bridges the needs of multiple stakeholders, including regional leadership, regional planning and project teams and corporate functions.

Partner with Corporate Development and technical due diligence teams in the economic evaluation of external investment opportunities & strategies.

Lead the effort of collaborating with technical and business functions to ensure that sources used in economic and portfolio models are based on appropriate assumptions that conform to current Business Planning guidance.

Provide mentoring to individuals in the organization to improve financial and mine engineering analysis techniques, planning skills, understanding of Newmont’s portfolio and overall business acumen.

Lead the development, establishment and implementation of global standards, tools and practices of economic & portfolio evaluations.

Proactively lead, identify & partner with other functions and employees to increase business acumen and focus across company and functions; actively create, plan and manage and execute stakeholder and communication plans.

Provide written reports and documentation for work completed as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Investment System, business reporting, communications to senior management, ELT and/or BOD (e.g. plan review presentations, monthly analysis reports, memos, etc.)